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NJ Transit's executive director on Monday stood by a decision to leave hundreds of trains in yards that flooded during superstorm Sandy, saying forecasts indicated there was an 80 percent to 90 percent chance those locations wouldn't flood.

But transit advocates continued to dispute that explanation, citing other predictions that forecast flooding as far back as 2009.

James Weinstein was the lone transportation official to show at the Assembly Transportation Committee hearing Monday about damage to the state's highway and rail network. ...